Musical Modification Method

Abstract

A method for producing modified music can be for facilitating playing of a musical instrument and/or facilitate learning of a song. Such methods can include several computer implemented steps which can be some or all of the following steps; digitally obtaining original note data about a song and/or original audio data of the song, creating modified note data for a musical instrument, synchronizing audio data of the song to the modified note data, and presenting the modified note data to a user. The steps can also be ordered as outlined above and below.

1 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer implementable instructions of a musical instrument learning application for causing the processor of an electronic device to carry out the steps comprising;
 playing a song with original audio from an audio output associated with the electronic device,   presenting modified note data, based on the song's original audio and synchronized with the original audio, on a display of the electronic device,   determining information about a user's playing of the modified note data on a musical instrument from an audio input associated with the electronic device, including determining if the user has correctly played the presented modified note data, and   based on the determination of correct playing of the modified note data, playing additional audio from the audio output associated with the electronic device.   
     
     
         2 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the song contains audio portions from multiple instruments,   wherein playing the original audio does not include playing an audio portion corresponding to the type of musical instrument to be learned, and   wherein the additional audio corresponds to the audio portion corresponding to the type of musical instrument to be learned which is not played with the original audio.   
     
     
         3 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the additional audio is music emulated based on a portion of the original audio corresponding to the type of musical instrument to be learned. 
     
     
         4 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the modified note data is presented in the form of musical notations visually to a user, in the form of audio and/or visual cues to a user, or in a combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the modified note data has less notes than within a portion of the original audio corresponding to the type of musical instrument to be learned, and wherein the additional audio corresponds directly to the portion of the original audio corresponding to the type of musical instrument to be learned. 
     
     
         6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 interrupting the original audio when it is determined that a user makes an error in playing the presented modified note data.   
     
     
         7 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the interruption is one of the following; stopping all audio, modifying the original audio in a manner representative of the error, adding a sound to the original audio, adding a sound to the original audio which is representative of the error, adjusting the volume of the original audio and/or the additional audio. 
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the modified note data includes at least one of the following changes compared to original note data of the song; pitches, length of notes, the string of a string instrument required to play a note, the fret of a fretted instrument required to play a note, the finger(s) required to play a note on the musical instrument. 
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein synchronizing includes synchronizing the entire length of the original audio to the entire length of the modified note data such that the timing of play of the original audio is not dependent on a user following the modified note data. 
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein synchronizing includes synchronizing notes, bars or other musical identifiers in the original audio which correspond to a corresponding portion of the modified note data such that play of the original audio data is dependent on the playing of the modified note data by a user. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , wherein the music is caused to be at least partially emulated on and/or by the played musical instrument. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of determining an accuracy of the user's playing and rating it compared to the modified note data. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 12 , wherein based on a rating a new modified note data is created by applying at least one predefined rule to either the original note data or old modified note data, and wherein the new modified note data is synchronized with the original audio and presented to the user.